Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Portugal's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 2006, reaching 9.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Portugal ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.9% (from 10.2 in 2002).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.